The Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a puppy was stolen from a residential yard last month. Witnesses told detectives they saw two men in a red car lure 4-month-old gray pit bull, Luna, away from the yard in the 2400 block of East Greer Street on June 19.

Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 17-year-old girl. Victoria "Tori" Venable was last seen in the Zion Crossroads area at 12:30 p.m. on July 6. She is 5-feet-1-inch tall, weighs 120 pounds, has brown hair, and brown eyes.

The Peninsula Health District issued a swimming advisory for King Lincoln Park Beach Thursday afternoon. Samples collected on July 5 showed that bacteria levels in the water exceeded the State Water Quality Standards.

The Illinois Statehouse was on lockdown while emergency crews respond to a hazmat situation, delaying a much anticipated vote in the Illinois House. The building reopened at 3:35 p.m., after an all-clear was given.

A 71-year-old woman was killed when she tried to pass a semi-trailer on Interstate 90 Wednesday morning and struck the corner of the semi as she moved back into the driving lane. Her vehicle went into the ditch and rolled.

The Coeur d'Alene Press reports investigators found about 24,000 images of kids, some who were naked, on the electronic devices of 41-year-old Jason McGovern of Hayden. He was arrested and charged with 10 counts of child porn.

Cops are investigating the death of an infant rushed to the hospital. The child’s panicked parents called 911 about 7:40 a.m., claiming that the child was found unconscious inside their apartment on Emmons Ave. near Coyle St. in Sheepshead Bay. The baby later died at Coney Island Hospital.

A woman accused of posing as an attorney and Homeland Security agent to extort and blackmail money from people looking for help with immigration is facing more charges, and a second woman is charged as her accomplice.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says a Taiwanese technology company wants to build a plant in Wisconsin that would create thousands of jobs, but suggested the deal is being held up by the state's ongoing road funding shortfall.

According to the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, the accused members were trafficking narcotics in Piketon, Waverly and various other locations throughout the county. The drugs include methamphetamine and heroin that is believed to contain fentanyl.

United Airlines has apologized to a Hawaii teacher who was forced to hold her 2-year-old son on her lap for three-and-a-half hours after an employee gave the toddler's purchased seat to a standby passenger.